Dancing toy



Aug. 10, 1943. 'J. G. JEFFREY 2,326,225

DANCING TOY Filed March 1, 1943 Inventor By 6 a Attorneys Patented Aug. 10, 1943 I and, more particularly, a'to'ya 'ate' ifb fthf I e bratio-ns 'imparted '1nanual1y to aipl'atfo'rinbr Stage; l s

'- provision of a dancing tray of improved design woodfscrewilfa j securingtlrie dot,

I the character described'which is 'conyeni'ently operated and capable of a; number'of movements 7 a I A further object concerns the provision of 1a toy which ischeaply'constructed; necessitates "a Y 7 able materials rations orset-ups.

I? will become apparent, or be further pointed out, Thedancin'g fi s ewn if! Fig ure larefan-r during the description to follow. 7

I ,in'the annexed drawing wherein;

' cording to the invention,

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2532622 II V DANCINGPIT'6Y Y 'Jos eph jG. .FefireyfHalifamTNovaflsc otla, ""ada, assignor; of one-third t oVRL-Byi onj Macnnan,

. to' Osborne FH.';T-arsons, Halifax, Nova Scotia,

1 Canada 1 Aspiiostioiriuarei i, wias i iN "an, as

I I E. i-Ciaim. (01.146 i137); The presentinventiori'ieiatesf i p s upri t-,1 secu d. t ith s The main object of the invention re'sides'ih the and performance." I V I II Y s jAno'theruimportant"object relates'to atoyf'of 1'1 I I e I I I measly-supporte cro'" i h ifi hter il' fi and adjustmentsto suit yaiji'ous jpurposes. f

minimum r metal em is ca able of-b ug quick I 1y assembled from a pluralityoi easily-procur 1 Still otherobieoienuisege etoy whichIwouid I be operable at any time without 7 special prepaeieeiiyiii-rieiireer an Other objects and adrantages of the-invention e V I I ciful only and, of course; may bechanged to suit" As an example, and for purposes of illustration, personal desires and to represent well-knownfig I a preferred embodiment of the invention'is shown ures,'as thecase may be. In general, the dancerst I may be constituted of a body 25- whichis prefer-T of the toy'acablycut'fromfiat sheet material forfacilitatingi I I a 1 e construction, to which body'a'rms 26' are looselys 1 Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical section taken pivoted by ansof the brads or. hails 'Z'Lg The through said-toy, I I II I legs mustbe articulated, however, and for-that Figure 3 is a Plan View of the base poriion'of r musebe made in sections 8 loosely pi i- 1 e the toy, e I 1 I oted together by me'ans such as the transverse Figure. 4 is. e v rtical, section through the *dwire 'fl sc r eat ri t n es, dancers supporting means showing the back of h lower Section e dancersare secured? the dancers, s j e to the cross arm 2ilt by means of screw eyes; 3| Figure 5 is a view taken on line as r Figure t e y ns s d n t e body i the dancers, V

I V at the back thereof,and the eyeofwhich is linkedfw Figure 6 is a side elevation showing themanner t0 eye 0 e member23, so as e O Figure. 1 is a perspective View "fofattaching the dancer to the supporting means. pivoted C ion: (See Figures 4, 5 and 6;) i

Beferringto the drawing, whereinsimilar ref- I practice; ei'he ght' of the I dancers above erence characters represent corresponding parts 4 the a 30 adjustedithat; at rest, ss

I throughout, the 1et ter1B representsthebase'of lstageisin *such position that the feet jithe" lit having side enlargements at theQre'ar, endj le tsv b tib 'inlpelrted to t e f ha 'ments are in the form ofgears u. 'rh seriou is u e h u s 0f 1 the feet: er h a I carries; adjacent the ears a' i i, aspacing'bloch l2, re si ty of th t b ei im st be the purpose of which is to support a tem 133 such .thatit is able to rest parallel; with the base;

I screws l4 attachingsaid tableto the block 12.5 -50fing'er thereon for the 'fpurpose or causing loscil trated'are adapted to perform} This stage is per-r tami h y t Fab h m l y Wi i u the toy, which base consists of an elongated strip j an Test n r a -fi t 0 Said: Stage, 0 tha thereof for purposes of stability,,whichenlarge tende'ncyitofieXZfiheIEgS 0 t c i i filf which is'thus secured n spaced parallelposition {1 5; hu s iifitie t fi x b o as io-bere ily With respect to thestrip W by means of wood Q aGefiVbW- he s p exp d n 0f it pp ns 9h? As shown to advantage in Figures 1 and 2,t h e zlationth fed s I o I I a table 13 is provided, at the front'end,"with {a ci r' C n q nt y; the ity h ta mu h :cular enlargement f E91- representing a dancing e be adjusted 3070 1 1 1 fiv y easy ltd-cause platform or stage on which thedanc'ers i11,us ,d n 0f=thfig11reS;in Step W a-t neby music The result is a veryrealistic'move ment V ge eral 1d of the dancers which; dueto-their enlarged feet the nail-2l on'the cross bar 20.

Although" two dancers are shown secured to 1 the cross bar 20, it is obvious that; assuggest'ed i rbythe showing ofrFigure 2, asingle dancer may be used as well,.secured to a'fmemberpivotedto 'from the'attaching screws [4,. offering better acoustic properties and performing as a better diaphragm. 1 V, 1

Therefore, the present invention is obviously an advance of the art; and it must be under- 7 stood that various changesas to thesham, size Sand arrangement of parts may be re'storedto without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope'of the subjoined claim. I

Having thus described my invention, I claim: 'LIn a dancingtoy including a base, a narrow elongated vibratorymember spacedly secured to thetop end of the post" 15,1159 means of the nail p 2 so asto cause rotationo'f. thei-singlel dancer I faround the upright' lli. From the foregoing description, it will -be"'0bone end Q lthe basein parallel relation thereto, ;an enlarged centrally apertured stage formed at "theifree endv of thememberfla vertical post secured to the base and extending upwardly above vious that the present invention jgofiers unlimj-p ited amusement possibilitiesftoiyoung'andoldf alike,- especially those who are. musically inclined and scan; rhythmically. actuate the table J3 in tunefwithfpopulansongs orniiisicf- Although'fthe {the known toy that it -canst'and b fit'self on any surface and;thereforefcanbe used anywhere and [under any :circumstances;Furthermore; due toithe, fact that the table Vl' 3'.1is used solely Y 'forfioscillati ng purpossffand not, :as i in 'other v casesljolfsupport the' toyiitselfiit is evident that Y ithe lriatiiralperiodoflvibration of said table'is not a 'fiected' by the manner 'orholding it and," as a result, i.the characteristics Toifthew toy are always I epended upon 'toremain the. same and can b aining use 'otf' a stay o ri'iamfiitria re? dancpurposes, 'abovelthe toy holding I basej con- 'es a n'ior'e realistic representation of; tap

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V j da der; t e sar s. platform? being sec ed {away the stage throughthe aperture thereof, an hori-f I zont'al'cross bar centrally pivoted. to the end ea, of the l present dancing toy 'is not f o r h l ez bec cf Cenefifliefi B-JJ scribed: nd illustrated h'as the advantage over ofthe'post for free swinging movement, and an articulated da'ncing figure freely suspended to each endjofthecros'sj bar, a screw eye secured to the back of each .figure to constitute the figures suspensionimeans, and a'sim'ilar eye disposed vertically in thecenter of a step out at eachend 0f the cross barzand linked, to the back eyeoi'lone 1 figureto form the pivot, allowing, swinging'moto said member.

tion of the figures, said step' acting as astop for -the backeye' of each figure'to limit'downwardmovement :thereof with respect to; the. stage,

whereby'said figures hang freelyby' the' back 7 toeach endotthe cross bar in a'manner allowing an horizontalswinging movement through an arc 'o'f 180. around'the suspension point a fixed distance above the stage vibratory movement of V the member 'bythe finger of an operator causing. audible contactof the'stage with the lower limbs of-the figures in tune .withthe motion imparted JOSEPH I: J R SE. V 

